Soldiers from the U.S. Army Africa early entry command post readiness exercise pose for a group photo in Camp Darby, Livorno, Italy, September 16, 2020. The training exercise was part of USARAFs EECP rapid deployment exercise to test the units capability to deploy from home station in Vicenza, Italy, and set up and establish initial operational capability with the units main command post within 96 hours of deployment alert.
“The early entry command post is a multifunctional, scalable node that allows the commanding general of U.S. Army Africa to exercise mission command against various contingency operations on the continent of Africa,” said Lt. Col. Paul Hilaski, the U.S. Army Africa early entry command post chief. “The majority of situations we look to deploy are for humanitarian disaster relief, political unrest and noncombatant evacuation operations.”